![Ma'lik Richmond, 16, top, hugs his mother Daphne Birden, after closing arguments were made on the fourth day of the juvenile trial he and co-defendant Trent Mays, 17, on rape charges in juvenile court on Saturday, March 16, 2013 in Steubenville, Ohio. Mays and Richmond are accused of raping a 16-year-old West Virginia girl in August, 2012. Judge Thomas Lipps said he would render a decision on Sunday morning, March 17. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, Pool) Ma'lik Richmond, 16, top, hugs his mother Daphne Birden, after closing arguments were made on the fourth day of the juvenile trial he and co-defendant Trent Mays, 17, on rape charges in juvenile court on Saturday, March 16, 2013 in Steubenville, Ohio. Mays and Richmond are accused of raping a 16-year-old West Virginia girl in August, 2012. Judge Thomas Lipps said he would render a decision on Sunday morning, March 17. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, Pool)](http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/TzKfIiBAoDZy3tNWR0Hz6Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Y2g9MTIzODtjcj0xO2N3PTE0NTE7ZHg9MDtkeT0wO2ZpPXVsY3JvcDtoPTQ3MztxPTg1O3c9NTU0/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/c60900ad2c9359092c0f6a70670030b2.jpg)
Steubenville High School students Trent Mays
and Ma'Lik Richmond were sentenced Sunday to at least a year in
juvenile jail. The case roiled the community amid allegations that more
students should have been charged and led to questions about the
influence of the football team, a source of local pride.
Activist groups have questioned why people who knew about the rape
weren't charged under state law requiring people to report crimes.Attorney General Mike DeWine said Sunday "this community desperately needs to have this behind them but this community also desperately needs to know justice was done and that no stone was left unturned."
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